Turbine helicopter

N487LF

2009 Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2009
Serial
9255
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
2 × Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Geisinger Medical Center (Corporation)
Based
Danville, PA
Registration record

N487LF on the FAA register

Type
2009 Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2
Serial
9255
Engines
2 × Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2
Registered owner
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA
Certificate issued
2017-07-18
Airworthiness date
2018-04-09
Registration expires
2027-07-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · transport
Mode S (hex)
A6039A
Mode S (octal)
51401632
Seats (type)
8
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-07-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2018-04-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (transport)).
  • 2017-07-18
    Certificate of registration issued as N487LF.
  • 2009
    Manufactured (2009).
Overview

About N487LF

N487LF is a 2009 Eurocopter MBB-BK 117 C-2, serial number 9255. The FAA register lists Geisinger Medical Center as the registrant in Danville, Pennsylvania. The current certificate of registration was issued on July 18, 2017 and expires on July 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, two Turbomeca ARRIEL 1E2 engines and 8 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (transport), dated April 9, 2018.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N487LF.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N487LF.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.